Would you enrol your child in home schooling?

Question

If so, why? Do you feel public schools are good enough? If you wouldn't want your child to do home schooling, why?

Answer 1

I was home schooled and I loved it. now I go to college for 1/2 of my classes and the other 1/2 are still at home. (I am in 12th grade). I plan on home schooling my kids in the future. public schools are going to the dogs. I don't care how much the school tries, there will always be drugs, s_x, drinking, and other junk in the public schools. I will never put my kids in that path. besides that, has any one else noticed how most kids talk these days? I know a 6 year old who uses the f bomb constantly. these kids are learning to cuss, and to disrespect authority even before middle school. another thing, I have noticed how public schooled kids know nothing of the outdoors. they have no idea of the world around them because all they do is read about it for one week in a classroom. home schooled kids get to go outside and discover the natural world on their own.

don't listen to any one who tells you that home schooled kids have no social life, or that they would have a hard time getting into college. both are myths. I was able to start college 2 years early, and I have tons of friends. I am a county representative in 4-H, and a Jr. leader in church.
I know how to deal with all types of people, and I have to because of my leadership roles. public school is NOT the only place to learn social skills. there is church, home school groups, 4-H clubs, boy scouts, girls scouts, YMCA clubs, and many many other options. unless the parents are complete idiots the kids will be exposed to every walk of life, and know how to act around any one any where. people who say otherwise don't know what they are talking about.

Answer 2

I homeschool all 3 of my kids. They've all been in public school and we pulled them out. Was the school good enough? Yes the school was fine. However, we wanted a different lifestyle.

I didn't want to be controlled by bells and grades. I didn't want to have to have my kids at an institution every day by 8:30 and not see them again till 3:30.

The main thing teachers learn in university is crowd control and how to manage 25 kids at a time. They don't learn all the information that they are expected to teach. Do you honestly think that teachers go to university and learn all the curriculum from k-12 so that they know it all? LOL

When my friend, who is a teacher, was going teach grade 1 for the first time she was told that the school used phonics only. She had NEVER learned phonics. She learned to read by whole reading. So, she learned phonics as she taught the kids. That's how some parents do it as well.

Not to mention there are many, many curriculums out there that teach the kids and parents together. You can learn right along with your child. Especially with the age of internet. Everything you need to know is on here.

The social development myth is just that, a myth. My kids do NOT lack social skills in any way shape or form. Some of the things they've been involved with so far this year are

golf lessons
fencing lessons
swimming lessons
h/s band
film school
extras in a movie
gym class
dance class

We will be going on a number of field trips in the next couple months and I'm sure there will be many more to come. We get together with a wide range of homeschoolers in the area and no we don't "choose" which kids we meet. There are kids from every walk of life, every age group, etc that come on these trips. We just join in and have fun.

School = education Education = learning Correct? So, if that's the case why is everyone so hung up on "socialization" anyway?

The point of an education is to learn and at home we can choose the curriculum that works with our child rather then trying to make our kids learn from a textbook that doesn't work with them.

I use an eclectic approach and all my kids use different programs to learn. I use what works with them. As they get older there are more and more things ie: science that they don't really get a choice on and they learn to learn in new ways and in ways that don't always suit them the best. However, sometimes you just have to do what is necessary to get the job done.

My kids are in grades 9, 6 and 4.

Answer 3

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Answer 4

No I wouldn't. I have a degree in business management, but I am not a certified teacher. I can help my kids with their homework, but I'm not that good at geometry. My daughter takes all the honors classes that her school offers. She also plays in the band and is very involved in the drama dept. She would miss so many opportunities to socialize if she were home schooled. We have good schools where I live and I really think that my kids benefit from going there. I'm sure I could teach them enough to get by, but I really want them to succeed in life and not just get by. I don't think sheltering your kids from the world will help them in the long run. They have to learn how to be part of our society and I think school is where they learn those skills.

Answer 5

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Answer 6

if my child was not average by the time they went to senior school then yes, but some are just slow starters, but then something seems to click into place and it all comes together, i wouldn't do before then as the child could feel singled out as not good enough

Answer 7

No. There's a whole lot more to the school experience than lessons alone. Children's social development is very important, and it's vital that they mix with all sorts of people, including those you'd prefer they didn't! If you home school and their only interaction with other children is that which is organised by yourself, you're naturally going to pick and choose who they see - and the big world out there isn't like that. We all want to protect our children, but they need to learn how to survive socially as well as academically.

Answer 8

I think everyone would agree that public schools aren't good enough. However not everyone can home school. Kids that are homeschooled are exposed enough to other kids and learning how to deal with different personality types. They wont learn this until they are adults.

Answer 9

No I would not.
Personally I'm not qualified and I don't think my children would benefit from home schooling. If I were dissatisfied with our public school (which I am not) I would enrol them in a private school.

Answer 10

State school aren't always good enough, but public ones are too expensive for my salary.

I did get my next door neighbour who was a recently retired maths teacher to give my daughter a few (paid) lessons - she went DOWN two maths groups in that time so I stopped, as you would!